Gregg Mervine (drums) plays all kinds of beats for all kinds of bands,
including the anti-folk outfit Cheese on Bread, a jazz/poetry/spoken-word
collaboration called The Playground, and his own roots/folk/art quartet
(not yet named). He also teaches percussion at an area high school. He studied
musical performance at the University of the Arts briefly before transferring
to Temple University, from which he just graduated with a B.A. in philosophy.
He lives in West Philadelphia, where he is involved in various community arts
programs.